WEEK 2 LESSON: April 13, 2025
WEEK 2 LESSON: April 13, 2025
G2K: Jesus understands when we’re hurting.
Memory Verse: 2 Peter 3:18a - “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”
Bible Lesson: Jesus Prays in Gethsemane: Matthew 26:36-46; Isaiah 53:1-5
WEEKLY CHALLENGE: This week, we taught the kids that Jesus understands when we’re hurting! Jesus knows about all the things that bother us or hurt us. We can pray to God and give our hurts to Jesus because he wants to help us grow. We can trust him because Jesus understands when we’re hurting. To reinforce this lesson, use this activity.
Instructions: For this activity, you will need cotton balls, a bowl of water, plastic sandwich bags, a permanent marker, and packets of bean seeds. Write the Good to Know on the bag, and have your kids dip a few cotton balls in water and place them in their bags. Then, invite your kids to add three to four seeds to the bag, making sure the seeds spread out a little. Then, open the bag slightly, and tape it to a window.
Imagine that these seeds are times you’ve felt hurt. When we give our pain and hurt over to Jesus, he covers us and gives us what we need. Only Jesus can take the things that bother us and transform them into something better. Watch your seeds bloom into something new and remember Jesus is with us through it all!
FAMILY TIME: Use these questions to start a conversation with your children about this week’s lesson.
Read Isaiah 53:3a. How does it feel to know Jesus understands our pain and suffering?
Is it easy to talk about how you feel when you’re hurting? Who can you talk to or ask for help when you are feeling this way?
How can you help someone who might be hurting?